Exam 1: Computers and Digital Basics

Karen is studying about microcontrollers in her engineering class, and wants to learn more about how they are used. -Which of the following is NOT a true statement that Karen learns about microcontrollers?

A computer is a multiple purpose device that can do all of the following EXCEPT ____.

A(n)account manager stores user IDs with their corresponding passwords and automatically fills in login forms._________________________

An area where data can be left on a permanent basis is memory._________________________

Worldwide economic interdependence of countries that occurs as cross-border commerce increases and as money flows more freely among countries is ____________________.

An area of a computer that temporarily holds data waiting to be processed is ____.

The manipulation of data is called ____________________.

In the binary number system,2 is used to represent the value 2.

A light switch is like a(n)analog device._________________________

The purpose of a server is to serve computers on a network.

Eight bits is a(n)____________________.

A global computer network originally developed as a military project is the ____.

A(n)____ is a microprocessor-based computing device designed to meet the computing needs of an individual.

Identifying a person by personal attributes such as fingerprints or retinal patterns is called ____________________.

Password management functions include all of the following EXCEPT ____.

Storage is typically expressed as ____.

Prior to 1940,the word computer was defined as a person who performs calculations.

A(n)____ converts and executes one statement at a time.

The op code in a machine language instruction specifies the data.

The first digital computers were built during World War II for ____.